2 v. : ill. ; 12 x 8 cm.

Approximate dates established from Brown, P. London publishers and printers c. 1800-1870, p. 78

Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: black & white frontispiece; title-page vignette; cuts. 1 of 12 books in chapbook form, previously bound in book form. Self-wrappers. Adelphi Books Shop. Victoria, B.C. Dec/66. $2.00

First sentence of part one: "In the old-fashioned market-place of an old-fashioned town, there was, about thirty years ago, a strange looking old-fashioned house, which has since been pulled down, to make room for two prim new-fashioned houses, which have been built in its stead." First sentence of part two: "Old Court, in Sussex, is a large farmhouse, and, as its name would lead us to suppose, it is an old one also."

Part one includes 5 woodcuts, part two includes 7 woodcuts

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